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Submitted: 1/20/10 • Approved: 4/14/11 • Last Updated: 8/6/12 • R280851-G280850-S3
1854 - 1909
Leonard Nunnally, Among the substantial men of Carroll County who have raised themselves from poor school-teachers to men of wealth and influence is the subject of this sketch. Mr. Nunnally was born in
Crawford County, Mo., February 18, 1845. His father, Benjamin F. Nunnally, was a Virginian by birth, who, when a young man, came west and located in Crawford County, Mo. There he married Betsy Y. Garvin,
who was born and reared in Kentucky, After his marriage Benjamin F. Nunnally resided in Crawford County for a number of years, and served as sheriff for several terms. From Crawford he removed to Franklin
County. Thence, in 1868, he came to Arkansas and located in Carroll
County, where he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring
in November, 1879. His wife still survives (1888). Leonard Nunnally's
youth was spent on his father's farms in Crawford and Franklin Counties, Mo. In 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate army under Col. Shelby, and served until the close of the war. He participated in a great many skirmishes, and some important engagements, among which were those of Prairie Grove, Saline River, and all the battles of
Price's raid through Missouri. After the war was over, Mr. Nunnally went to Illinois, and remained there three years attending and teaching school. Soon after his father came to Carroll County, he came
here and engaged in teaching school, which he continued during the winter seasons, and farming in summers, until 1871, when, in February, he established a general store at Carrollton, which he has since managed. He also has a store at Berryville, which was established in the spring of 1888. In both places he carries a large stock of hard
ware and farm implements, and has an established trade. Mr. Nunnally
also owns a steam flour mill, which was erected in 1880. In connection with this he has a saw, lath and shingle mill and cotton gin. He owns two farms in the southeastern part of Carroll County, and manages them
in a manner most profitable. No man in the county is more enterprising and prosperous. Politically he is a stanch Democrat. At a special election in 1887 he was elected clerk of the circuit and county court,
and was re-elected September 3, by an overwhelming majority. On April 21, 1871, Mr. Nunnally was united in marriage with Belle Kirkham, a daughter of William P. Kirkham, of this county. Mrs. Nunnally was
born, reared and educated in the county. Their union has been blessed by the birth of five children, namely: Mark Pomroy, Fred, Tilfred Gunter, Nellie R. and Ruby.
Contributed on 1/20/10 by camble121647
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